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ona and RMJM in Edinburgh, not only geographical but also in the way they worked caused some problems and their relationship grew strained. The final outcome however, showed the benefits of two different types of practises coming together, Miralles’ design flair and RMJMs technical application has presented a parliament they, and the Scottish, can be proud of.

 

Unfortunately Miralles and then Dewar both passed away before the project was completed, some people used this as an excuse to call a stop to the project, but it was seen through by Miralles’ Widow Bendetta Tagliabue, the Scottish firm RMJM and the builders and craftsmen working on it. They knew they were creating something special and important.

 

Miralles’ name was cleared at the Lord Fraser enquiry saying that the 131MSP strong parliament client had continuously made changes which had escalated costs. These changes included dramatically increasing the space required and reshaping the debating chamber.

 

“What could go wrong- did go wrong” [95] Lord Fraser said “Tempting as it is to lay all the blame at the door of a deceased and wayward Spanish architectural genius, his stylised fashion of working, and the strained relationship between his widow and RMJM, this conclusion could be wrong. [96] EMBT and RMJM were two teams working in different ways and separated by geography [97] . Costs rose because the client (first the secretary of state and latterly the Parliament) wanted increases and changes or at least approved of them in one manifestation or another”. [98]

 

Tagliabue insisted that ‘The budget was a political thing’ [99] and that ’the building is definitely worth it [￡440million]. It gives an image of Scotland to the rest of the world and also to the people of Scotland themselves. It has met its brief- to create a building that will be looked at for centuries. And people around the world are looking at it. I know there are other governments who say they want to get a parliament like the one in Edinburgh’ [100]

 

Conclusion

When starting this essay I was under the impression that the Scottish Parliament building was Deconstructivist, and indeed it does hold some of the aesthetic of a Deconstructivist building, it is fragmented, but it is not distorted or deformed like Deconstuctivist architecture is, It also shares the approach with Deconstuctivism that function follows form, which Miralles pursued, which may explain his ‘chaotic’ floor plan. The Deconstructivists disjoined from architectural history and rejected against it, as had Miralles but he did this simply to change the way in which the democratic building worked and improve it.

 

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